America is uniquely blessed, since global climate change does not exist there, and is not caused by human activity, especially fossil fuels, which are regarded as low-cost.
In all other parts of the world, the reverse is true.
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America is uniquely blessed, since global climate change does not exist there, and is not caused by human activity, especially fossil fuels, which are regarded as low-cost.
In all other parts of the world, the reverse is true.
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Perhaps Americans just don't swallow all that guff that even 'experts' can't agree on. Because if we don't pay green taxes and use tree-hugger light bulbs all the polar bears will die.
Anyone would think that the climate has never changed before in the past. Maybe it was down to dinosaurs using vacuum cleaners with too high a wattage.
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Depends on where you are, America's a big country from frozen tundra to baked deserts and all points in between so heating systems are varied too. Local codes determine fluing and concentric is available in some areas. Most are parallel flued many are sited outdoors. You'll find Worcester (as Bosch) Rinnai, Navian Takagi (I think I may still be a trained installer for them though never did), Noritz and ourselves (badged differently) over there and I saw Vaillant in CA but concentrating on solar unsurprisingly. In crowded areas with apartments combis are used. Tankless up to 300,000 btu's but not off 15mm either. Cheap energy means the boilers are sometimes dedicated to snow clearing the drive with underground heating matrixes, that surprised me somewhat.
Our friend Transam was using those driveway pumps on so expensive HIU's a while ago.
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Some apartment blocks have a central boiler room and the apartments having heat transfer units instead of indivdual boilers.
So they won't get a combi will they?
But hey, let's all fit district heating and HIUs to old buildings all over the western world because some old codger knows better and doesn't like combis
But hey, let's all fit district heating and HIUs to old buildings all over the western world because some old codger knows better and doesn't like combis
Bristol is getting district heating. You know it's codswallop if the Guardian all over it.
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...in-rees-approves-5m-low-carbon-heating-scheme
Also, according to the mayor, they're also going to have a new underground transport system. Going to approach the Chinese for the billions of funding it will need. Mad!
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...in-rees-approves-5m-low-carbon-heating-scheme
Also, according to the mayor, they're also going to have a new underground transport system. Going to approach the Chinese for the billions of funding it will need. Mad!
Vaillant are definitely in States, as well as Viessman. Have seen the Viessman Combiplus over there - a box that fits near a heat only boiler with pump, heat ex and flow sensor in it with F and R from boiler. Basically turns a heat only into a combi.
They're starting to really get into combis over there. Particularly ones without all the extra complication like plate heat exchangers/divertor valves etc
IBC's sales are rocketing
IBC's sales are rocketing
Just done my 5 yearly. The centre is heavily into Intergas.
They claim that IG claim that they tried to export to the USA. However they USA wanted bigger. MORE HEAT.
Rather than increasing the output, they fitted a bigger case, now sales are booming.
Discuss?
FWIW, I thought about house sizes and bathrooms, but maybe telly only shows the good stuff (and the really bad)
They claim that IG claim that they tried to export to the USA. However they USA wanted bigger. MORE HEAT.
Rather than increasing the output, they fitted a bigger case, now sales are booming.
Discuss?
FWIW, I thought about house sizes and bathrooms, but maybe telly only shows the good stuff (and the really bad)
Sterling by any chance??
Yep, thats the IBC unit..........
IBC = Intuitively Bigger Case?
IBC = Intuitively Bigger Case?
Quite literally.
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